Category: Marines from all over the world

France gives the Germans déjà vu in Australia

France gives the Germans déjà vu in Australia

Gepostet von | 25 Nov 2020 | , , | 0

The contract for the 37 billion euro submarine project was awarded to DCNS "DCNS of France has been selected as our preferred international partner for the design of 12 future submarines; the commercial terms are subject to further discussion." Good news for the structurally weak region, which Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced on 26 April against the backdrop of the South Australian shipyard ASC in Adelaide, but bitter pills for the German and Japanese competitors. Shortly before the general election scheduled for 2 July, the Prime Minister was able to promise that "this 50 billion [Australian] dollar investment will directly create 1,100 Australian jobs and a further 1,700 jobs in the...

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The Russian Navy in the Mediterranean

The Russian Navy in the Mediterranean

Gepostet von | 25 Nov 2020 | , | 0

Presence without "power projection" The very term "Mediterranean region" indicates that maritime influences are also prevalent in North Africa and Southern Europe. Maritime trade has dominated since ancient times, and it was not only with the opening of the Suez Canal that the Eastern Mediterranean became a centre for oriental trade. To this day, the region is considered a "strategic bridge" to the Middle East and beyond to South (Asia). Bosphorus eye of the needle Russia's Tsar Peter I, who founded the Russian navy in the Baltic Sea at the beginning of the 18th century, also endeavoured to gain maritime influence in the south of his empire. He sought access to the Mediterranean via the Black Sea, but as early as the...

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The Egyptian Navy

The Egyptian Navy

Gepostet von | 25 Nov 2020 | , , | 0

In eternal competition with the army and air force 3,000 years before the turn of time, one of the early advanced civilisations emerged on the Nile, but the Egyptians were initially focused on their inland: "Maritime" activities - both military and mercantile - only took place on the Nile. It was only with the expansion of regional influence that the open sea also gained in importance. Pharaoh Thutmose III (1486-1425 BC) finally founded the first navy and had numerous ships built at a shipyard in Memphis, which was huge by the standards of the time, to support his campaigns into Babylonia. However, these were mostly only used to transport troops, horses and material across the eastern...

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Wake-up call for the navy

Wake-up call for the navy

Gepostet von | 24 Nov 2020 | , , | 0

Poland's new naval strategy A maritime strategy is a comprehensive orientation of all aspects of national power to achieve specific political goals in a given situation through a certain degree of control at sea (John Hattendorf). National naval strategies provide important guidance for the concrete planning of naval procurement. At the same time, published naval strategies are important instruments of deterrence, as they inform friend and foe of the intentions involved. During the Cold War, the Baltic Sea could be seen as an important battlefield in a future confrontation between NATO and the Warsaw Pact. Since the 1990s, the Baltic NATO members and their partners have viewed the Baltic Sea as a...

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Buster - Multi-reel organic boats for F125

Buster - Multi-reel organic boats for F125

Gepostet von | 1 Dec 2017 | , , , | 0

With the acceptance of the first two operational boats and the functional verification runs of the first two Class 125 frigates "Baden-Württemberg" and "Rheinland-Pfalz", sufficient experience has been gained with the new buster boat type to make an assessment of its performance on the basis of practical experience - even if a final statement on this can only be made on the basis of proper driving and operational reports from the busters. Buster 19, the training boat for the naval battalion, has been in use since December 2015, while Buster 20 for the naval technology school (MTS) was accepted by ARGE F125 in April. Buster 1 to 8 have now completed a number of hours of sea service with the first two vessels...

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